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With 11 manufacturers making the reduce this month, the competitors for which bottles make the month-to-month listing of highest hammer costs is heating up. June’s listing produced a mixed worth of $1,062,769, outperforming June 2023 by 34%. It’s the primary month of 2024 to beat final yr’s figures, and solely the second month to interrupt the million-dollar mark this yr, beating the year-earlier month by $267,733. One purpose for that was the setting of a brand new highest hammer worth of the yr at $210,200, achieved when Unicorn Auctions dealt with the yr’s first profitable sale of Yamazaki 55 yr previous.
For the primary 6 months of 2024, some 120 bottles have made the month-to-month lists of the 20 highest hammer costs, for a mixed worth of $5.13 million. Final yr, the comparable determine was $6.44 million, so regardless of June’s bump, the year-to-date for 2024 remains to be down $1.31 million or 20.3%. Earlier than anybody pours their priceless whisky down the drain, it’s price remembering these figures are solely the very highest worth bottles at public sale, and can’t be extrapolated to characterize the secondary market as an entire.
Earlier than the summer time break, it’s time to mark the report playing cards of the 4 whisky-producing nations which have made our lists this yr. American whiskey is having a powerful yr, claiming 21.7% of the bottles and 17.0% of the worth; at this level final yr, it was trailing behind with solely 9.2% of the bottles and 4.8% of the worth. Consequently, the opposite three classes have misplaced floor. Scotch remains to be in entrance, accounting for 52.5% of the bottles and 62.3% of the worth, however that has slipped barely from 60% of the bottles and 63.5% of the worth within the first 6 months of 2023. This yr, Japanese whisky has taken 23.3% of the bottles and solely 19.4% of the worth, in the identical ballpark as American whiskey, however that’s down from a 26.7% share of bottles and 29.1% of worth as much as June 2023. Lastly, Irish whiskey—all of the bottles are from Midleton—has had 2.5% of the bottles and 1.3% of the worth, whereas this time final yr, it claimed 4.2% of the bottles and a 2.6% share of the worth.
20. Willett Single Barrel Bourbon 1980 28 yr previous Cask No. 1056
Bought on: June 13th at Sotheby’s
Hammer worth: $20,000
19. Previous Rip Van Winkle 23 yr previous
Bought on: June 13th at Sotheby’s
Hammer worth: $20,000
18. Macallan Positive & Uncommon 1952
Bought on: June 17th at Unicorn Auctions
Hammer worth: $22,100
17. Karuizawa 1965 50 yr previous Cask No. 3037
Bought on: June 10th at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer worth: $22,914
16. Midleton Very Uncommon Classic 1988
Bought on: June 23rd at Irish Whiskey Auctions
Hammer worth: $22,988
15. Previous Rip Van Winkle 23 yr previous
Bought on: June 17th at Unicorn Auctions
Hammer worth: $23,700
14. A.H. Hirsch Reserve 1974 18 yr previous
Bought on: June 13th at Sotheby’s
Hammer worth: $26,000
13. Hibiki 35 yr previous Kutani Ceramic Decanter
Bought on: June 9th at Sotheby’s
Hammer worth: $29,582
12. Karuizawa 1965 Japonisme
Bought on: June 9th at Sotheby’s
Hammer worth: $29,582
11. Previous Rip Van Winkle 25 yr previous
Bought on: June 13th at Sotheby’s
Hammer worth: $30,000
10. Hibiki 35 yr previous Arita Ceramic Decanter
Bought on: June 9th at Sotheby’s
Hammer worth: $31,071
9. Dalmore 50 yr previous Crystal Decanter
Bought on: June 10th at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer worth: $35,050
8. Previous Rip Van Winkle 25 yr previous
Bought on: June 17th at Unicorn Auctions
Hammer worth: $37,600
7. LeNell’s Crimson Hook Rye 23 yr previous Barrel #1
Bought on: June 13th at Sotheby’s
Hammer worth: $38,000
6. Macallan The Crimson Assortment 78 yr previous
Bought on: June 13th at Sotheby’s
Hammer worth: $55,000
5. Macallan 50 yr previous in Lalique
Bought on: June 13th at Sotheby’s
Hammer worth: $60,000
4. Macallan The Crimson Assortment 71 yr previous
Bought on: June 10th at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer worth: $63,651
3. Buffalo Hint O.F.C. 1982
Bought on: June 17th at Unicorn Auctions
Hammer worth: $122,900
2. Macallan The Attain 81 yr previous
Bought on: June 12th at The Grand Whisky Public sale
Hammer worth: $162,431
1. Yamazaki 55 yr previous
Bought on: June 17th at Unicorn Auctions
Hammer worth: $210,200
Every month, we publish the 20 highest hammer costs for a single bottle of whisky. This desk ranks the 20 manufacturers by the sum of their 20 highest hammer worth gross sales and reveals the newest month’s outcomes.
|
Model |
# of bottles in June |
$ in June |
# of bottles YTD |
$ YTD |
|
Macallan |
5 |
$363,182 |
37 |
$2,335,407 |
|
Karuizawa |
2 |
$52,496 |
18 |
$544,068 |
|
Van Winkle |
4 |
$11,300 |
13 |
$346,000 |
|
Yamazaki |
1 |
$210,200 |
2 |
$234,241 |
|
Dalmore |
1 |
$35,050 |
3 |
$161,140 |
|
Hanyu |
0 |
0 |
6 |
$157,810 |
|
Bowmore |
0 |
0 |
4 |
$123,139 |
|
O.F.C. |
1 |
$122,900 |
1 |
$122,900 |
|
Glenfarclas |
0 |
0 |
4 |
$118,902 |
|
LeNell’s |
1 |
$38,000 |
3 |
$118,000 |
|
Glen Grant |
0 |
0 |
4 |
$115,255 |
|
Willett |
1 |
$20,000 |
3 |
$81,700 |
|
Previous Fitzgerald |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$80,100 |
|
Brora |
0 |
0 |
2 |
$71,861 |
|
Midleton |
1 |
$22,988 |
3 |
$68,815 |
|
Glenfiddich |
0 |
0 |
2 |
$66,313 |
|
Hibiki |
2 |
$60,653 |
2 |
$60,653 |
|
Laphroaig |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$50,746 |
|
Highland Park |
0 |
0 |
2 |
$49,137 |
|
Balvenie |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$31,907 |
|
Charles Bellows |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$30,000 |
|
Baker’s |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$28,000 |
|
A.H. Hirsch |
1 |
$26,000 |
1 |
$26,000 |
|
Mortlach |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$25,702 |
|
Springbank |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$23,321 |
|
Glendronach |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$22,973 |
|
Michter’s |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$20,000 |
|
D.H. Cromwell |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$18,100 |
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